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Alexia Delgado
Personal information
Full name	Alexia Fernanda Delgado Alvarado
Date of birth	9 December 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tigres UANL
Number	8
College career
Years	Team
2018–2022	Arizona State Sun Devils
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2018	América
2023	Cruz Azul
2023–	Tigres UANL
International career‡
2014	Mexico U15
2016	Mexico U17
2018	Mexico U20
2019–	Mexico
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Mexico
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Summer Youth Olympics
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 November 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023

Alexia Fernanda Delgado Alvarado (born 9 December 1999) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL and the Mexico women's national team.

Early life

Born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, Delgado is one of three children to her parents, Sonia Alvarado and Francisco Delgado Mejia. Her mother was a gymnast and her father and an uncle played football, the uncle professionally.^[3] At the age of six, Delgado began doing gymnastics alongside her sister, Goretti, and also tried ballet before realizing the sports weren't for her. A few years later, her brother Francisco began playing football at school, and after convincing her parents to let her try the sport, Delgado began playing on Francisco's team. As there were no girls' football teams in Tepic, Delgado played with the boys until she was 13 years old.^[4]

Delgado was scouted in Tepic by Leonardo Cuéllar, at the time the head coach of the Mexico women's national team, and was offered a spot at the Centro de Formación de Guadalajara.^[5] For two days every two weeks, Delgado and her father took a three-hour bus trip from Tepic to Guadalajara for her training sessions. After a year, she moved in with the family of another player at the training center to be able to practice daily.^[3] Delgado attended the Colegio SuBiré in Zapopan, where she was the captain of the school team and won the Copa Coca-Cola, which earned the team a trip to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[6]

While playing for América, Delgado attended the University of Guadalajara, studying virtually towards a degree in interdisciplinary areas.^[7] She graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in sports business and a master's degree in organizational leadership.^[4]

Club career

Delgado debuted for América in 2017–18, the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil.^[8]^[9] She played 21 matches in all competitions, with 18 of those coming in the league.

In 2018, Delgado moved to the United States to play college soccer for the Arizona State Sun Devils.^[6]

International career

Delgado was selected to the Mexico national teams for the first time in 2014, called up to the Mexico women's under-15 national team for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. She played all four games at the tournament, helping Mexico earn a bronze medal. Delgado then stepped to the under-17 team, appearing at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[10] With the under-20 national team, Delgado won the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Mexico's first-ever championship in the age-group tournament. She appeared at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as Mexico were eliminated in the group stage.

Delgado made her senior debut on 1 March 2019 in a friendly match against Thailand.^[11] She was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to win the gold medal for the first time in their history, defeating Chile 1–0 in the gold medal match.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 November 2023^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
América	2017–18	Liga MX Femenil	18	0	3	0	—		21	0
Cruz Azul	2022–23	Liga MX Femenil	13	1	—		—		13	1
Tigres UANL	2023–24	Liga MX Femenil	22	0	—		0	0	22	0
Career total			53	1	3	0	0	0	56	1